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Wednesday, February 18, 2004

The state Board of Pardons and Paroles released its decision Fridayregarding Cameron Todd Willingham's request for executive clemency. All 15members voted to no on a reprieve or a commutation of his sentence.Willingham, from Corsicana, is scheduled to be put to death by lethalinjection Tuesday. He was convicted in August 1992 of the 1991 capitalmurders of his three children.Willingham was arrested and charged in the deaths on Jan. 8, 1992,according to records on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Web site.The 3 children -- Amber Louise Kuykendall, 2, and 1-year-old twins KarmonDiane Willingham and Kameron Marie Willingham -- died in a fire at theirhome in the 1200 block of West 11th Street in Corsicana. The fire occurredon Dec. 23, 1991, just before Christmas.The board was considering a request to commute his death sentence to alesser penalty and a 90-day reprieve.(source: Corsicana Daily Sun)